Measuring Lifespan's Economic Impact

Lifespan is Rhode Island's largest provider of health services, and the state's largest private sector employer. The system's role in Rhode Island's economic life extends far beyond the overall scale of the enterprise and the number of people it employs, however.

This analysis offers a more comprehensive view of the various ways in which Lifespan contributes to Rhode Island's economy.

• Lifespan Economic Impact Report
  (PDF, 204K)

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Part One: Lifespan in Context
• Part Two: Lifespan as Employer
• Part Three: Developing Rhode Island’s Health Care Workforce
• Part Four: Building Rhode Island’s Biomedical Research Enterprise
• Part Five: Lifespan’s Payroll, Purchasing and Construction
• Part Six: Lifespan’s Impact on State And Local Finances
• Part Seven: Lifespan’s Community Service and Development Activities
• Part Eight: Conclusion

This report was published in March 2006.
For a printed version of this report, please call 401-444-5327.